Stories from Tuesday, December 13, 2022

Maxine Rimbey, 96, of Fort Scott, passed away late Saturday evening, Dec. 10, 2022, at The Horton House. She was born July 15, 1926, in Buffalo, Mo., the daughter of Thomas Richard Alford and Iona May (Smith) Alford. She married Lee Roy Rimbey Sept. 18, 1946, in Bolivar, Mo., and he preceded her in death June 18, 2013...

More details on a proposed project to expand USD 234’s preschool program surfaced during the Monday meeting of the USD 234 Board of Education. Merrill Atwater and Jennifer Massey, representing the Legacy Healthcare Foundation, and USD 234 Superintendent Destry Brown discussed the planned expansion of the preschool program into the old Mercy Hospital building, which is now owned by the Legacy Group...

Fort Scott City Commissioners paved the way to obtain funding to make repairs to Memorial Hall. With a unanimous vote during a special meeting Monday, commissioners gave their blessing to the submission of a Saving America’s Treasurers grant through the National Park Service. ...